San Leandro, CA (Zone 9b) | January 2020 | neutral
Per San Marcos Growers:
"Leucadendron 'Cloudbank Ginny' - This is a vigorous dense compact shrub to 5-6 feet tall and as wide with...Read More silver-edged green leaves. A male selection with flowers of round bright orange clusters surrounded by pale yellow and green bracts in spring. Plant in full sun in well-draining soil. Avoid phosphorus fertilizers. This selection is relatively hardy for a Leucadendron and should survive temperatures down to 26° F. Although long called 'Cloudbank Jenny' in the horticultural trade it appears that this is incorrect. The originator of this hybrid, Mr. Colin Lennox, a Hawaiian nurseryman, named the plant in 1984 after Cloudbank, his nursery in Maui, and his wife Ginny. Most references list her name as Jenny but in Lewis Matthews' "The Protea Book" (Timber Press, 2002) Mr. Matthews notes that Mr. Lennox's wife's name was Ginny and corrects the name from what he had listed in his beautifully illustrated book "South African Proteaceae in New Zealand", written in 1983. This is a beautiful plant by any name!"
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Per San Marcos Growers:
"Leucadendron 'Cloudbank Ginny' - This is a vigorous dense compact shrub to 5-6 feet tall and as wide with...Read More